Improvement in explosive shells



Jessen H. Hisoooit, on TURNER, Mains, Asslenoe To Emssnn, n. A.

' nioKnLs, AND @MWL-Ln o sHAW, on Wisnneoon, io. o.

Specifica-tion forming part of Letters Patent No. 515619,53@

To all wiwi, 'it may concern.- v

Befi known that I, JOSEPH RvHlsoooK, of the VeteraaReserve Uorps, town of Turner, county rfi Androscoggin and Stateof Maine, have invented a, new and improved Shell ior Urdnanee, which I coli the Union Combina tion-Shell 5 and I do here-by deoiare that the following is a full and exact deseription thereoi', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theleiters oireferenee inai'lteii thereon.. i

The .nature of ny invention consists in so constructing a comp/omni shell that its outer Wall, surrounding-an interior allonge-chienne?, shall he huilt up ot" interlocking; oylnxnetrioai and nniioriniy-shapoll blocks or segments, promoting its destructive qualities open bursting, simplifying its constroction, promoting'eoonmuy, and saving lehnt' ami time.

in the (ira-Wings, Figure l represents a siile view ot' the shell, part of its front and rear he 'ing removed to show tho internal structure. Fig. 2 is n section on line A B; Fig. 3, a front, and Fig. 4, a top or bottoni View, of one ot' the blocks or segments,

A' represents the oase ot' the shell, having; on its rear or bottom winiinge-oop, A", Whig-ii he nttaohedin any suitable Bf is ahoiv iow oylindrical charge-chamber for the burst' ingharge. it moy he. east with the hase A', ont moet be matie strong' enough to :woitl breakage before the explosion oi.' the charge Within. Ii'preterrell,itinaybeot'Wronght-iron, the bese A being east upon it. Un its front entiis-Int a thread o1' screw, i), onto which the heaol C of the shell screws, holding tho 'hloclts orsegmente D iirmly together. it will be seen from the drawiogsthese blocks, which the outer cylindrical'wall. of the shell is com posed oiQore :ill of the saine size and form and are symmetrical-that is, the saine on both sides, top, and bottoni; hence they can be easily multiplied and huilt np oronmi the control stein, B',

dated October i7, 1865.

iitting upon each other snugiy, breaking joint, the projections of one fitting into the indentations ot the others, those above and below it. The hase A is properly const-rooted so that the olooiiscaln he huilt upon it, and a cap-piece, E', also givesa soliti and smooth nish yon top or in front for the heed t) to screw' down upon.

G shows a loaden or other snitnhle not seonre. in head i), into which B or its threads b screw;` ont the head C may he its oon not, oy cutting threetisin it to ft those on 7. The heeft IU is the olosi'ngoover to the charge-chamber E, and there is a snit-able load .eg-'noie in V'this heini in which ntimeor othorinee. if one he insertef.

lit Wiii he necessary .o hw nicely and screw op tighti i yong or soliti moss, notto hefiistnrhefl by handling or he .iisoherge.

Upon the explosion of the bnrstingeharge the testi'notive effeotot" so many pieces as the wail moet he composed ot' can Weit he imagined, partieniorly in .tiring over masses of troops or raking veesei; and if -i'roin a riiierl gon the motion ot rotation of the projectile will assisi; in sentieriogr the imgginents, oonse ently in the destructive efiiect,

inni were some proeetiieshaveheeni ntie the enter walls oonigoeeni oi' certain sections, loiociis, or ont these do not moet the 'fronts ot" i onfJ or a maximum ei'eot, enti i. do not claim, broadly, such Construction.

l/'hat .i oiaini es my invent-ion, and (icsire to sonore hy' Let ters Patent oi'the'Uniteti States, is v Y.

The use of the interlocking sym nietrical. and nnlforxnly-shsiped blocks or segments' A in the outer wail ot' aslieil for ordnance.

JSEPH H. HSCOCK.

Witnesses:

S. S. FAHNESTOCK,

C, SHAW. 

